Best movies like The Punisher
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Plot Summary:
When undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: serious, suspenseful, exciting, stylized, rough, realistic, action packed, brutal, bloody, grindhouse
Best tv shows and movies like The Punisher (2004):
Similar in 82%
Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987)
Plot Summary:
After the death of his girlfriend's daughter from a drug overdose, Paul Kersey (Charles Bronson) takes on the local drug cartel.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: cult classic, detective, neo noir, grindhouse, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, fast
Similar in 90%
The Condemned (2007)
Plot Summary:
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from all corners of the world, with freedom going to the sole survivor.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 54000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min
Plot tags: exciting, action packed, intense, harsh, stylized, rough, brutal, action thriller, grindhouse, cult classic
Similar in 86%
Crank: High Voltage (2009)
Plot Summary:
Chelios faces a Chinese mobster who has stolen his nearly indestructible heart and replaced it with a battery-powered ticker that requires regular jolts of electricity to keep working.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 157000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: stylized, entertaining, surreal, absurd, grindhouse, exciting, rough, semi serious, cult classic, action packed
Similar in 87%
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
Plot Summary:
Alex Corvis returns to the world of the living to solve the murder of a young woman that he was wrongly accused of killing. Alex follows the crow into the police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group of corrupt cops.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: suspense, stylized, harsh, exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, gothic, entertaining, scary
Similar in 87%
Four Brothers (2005)
Plot Summary:
Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 155000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: harsh, entertaining, hood, intense, stylized, sentimental, action packed, psychological, funny, sincere
Similar in 79%
The Punisher (1989)
Plot Summary:
The avenging angel of Marvel Comics fame comes brilliantly to life in this searing action-adventure thriller! Dolph Lundgren stars as Frank Castle, a veteran cop who loses his entire family to a mafia car bomb. Only his ex-partner believes Castle survived the blast to become THE PUNISHER ... a shadowy, invincible fighter against evil who lives for total revenge on his mob enemies.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: futuristic, cult classic, exciting, stylized, serious, epic, slasher, hood, perverse, independent film
Similar in 80%
Daredevil (2003)
Plot Summary:
He dwells in a world of eternal night, but the blackness is filled with sounds and scents, tastes and textures that most cannot perceive. Although attorney Matt Murdock is blind, his other four senses function with superhuman sharpness. By day, Murdock represents the downtrodden. At night he is Daredevil, a masked vigilante stalking the dark streets of the city, a relentless avenger of justice.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 227000
Genere: Action, Crime
Country: USA, Switzerland
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: stylized, action packed, exciting, epic, semi serious, psychological, romantic, slasher, saga, cult classic
Similar in 76%
A Man Apart (2003)
Plot Summary:
When Vetter's wife is killed in a botched hit organized by Diablo, he seeks revenge against those responsible. But in the process, Vetter and Hicks have to fight their way up the chain to get to Diablo but it's easier said than done when all Vetter can focus on is revenge.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 49000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min
Plot tags: suspense, harsh, emotional, rough, serious, suspenseful, exciting, realistic, captivating, cult classic
Similar in 88%
Pistol Whipped (2008)
Plot Summary:
Steven Seagal stars in this gritty, no-holds barred action film as an elite ex-cop with a gambling problem and a mountain of debt. When a mysterious man offers to clear his debts in exchange for the assassination of the city's most notorious gangsters, he make s decision that will change his life - forever.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: rough, serious, suspenseful, realistic, fast, detective
Similar in 76%
Punisher: War Zone (2008)
Plot Summary:
Waging his one-man war on the world of organized crime, ruthless vigilante-hero Frank Castle sets his sights on overeager mob boss Billy Russoti. After Russoti is left horribly disfigured by Castle, he sets out for vengeance under his new alias: Jigsaw. With the "Punisher Task Force" hot on his trail and the FBI unable to take Jigsaw in, Frank must stand up to the formidable army that Jigsaw has recruited before more of his evil deeds go unpunished.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 66000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Germany
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: brutal, stylized, exciting, rough, suspenseful, action packed, bloody, splatter, intense, grindhouse
Similar in 77%
The Punisher (2017)
Plot Summary:
A former Marine out to punish the criminals responsible for his family's murder finds himself ensnared in a military conspiracy.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 258000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 53 min
Plot tags: brutal, exciting, tense, disturbing, suspense, harsh, intense, suspenseful, bloody, humorous
Similar in 78%
Crank (2006)
Plot Summary:
Professional assassin Chev Chelios learns his rival has injected him with a poison that will kill him if his heart rate drops.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 260000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: intense, exciting, dark comedy, entertaining, stylized, cult classic, action thriller, semi serious, humorous, clever
Similar in 75%
The Jackal (1997)
Plot Summary:
Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI boss and a former IRA terrorist.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 123000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 124 min
Plot tags: suspense, suspenseful, serious, realistic, clever, intense, cult classic, action thriller, psychological, political
Similar in 80%
Faster (2010)
Plot Summary:
Driver (Dwayne Johnson) has spent the last 10 years in prison planning revenge for the murder of his brother. Now that Driver is free to carry out his deadly plan only two men stand in his way- Billy Bob Thornton plays a veteran cop and Oliver Jackson-Cohen, a crazy hitman. With those two close on his trail, Driver races to carry out his mission as the mystery surrounding his brothers murder deepens.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 111000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: stylized, brutal, intense, talky, rough, realistic, serious, suspenseful, bloody, action packed
Similar in 89%
The Crow (1994)
Plot Summary:
Exactly one year after young rock guitarist Eric Draven and his fiancée are brutally killed by a ruthless gang of criminals, Draven -- watched over by a hypnotic crow -- returns from the grave to exact revenge.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: gothic, suspenseful, dark fantasy, rough, exciting, atmospheric, stylized, neo noir, scary, brutal
Similar in 80%
Parker (2013)
Plot Summary:
A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 128000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, rough, realistic, neo noir, tense, saga, cult classic, action adventure, crime thriller
Similar in 88%
The Boondock Saints (1999)
Plot Summary:
With a God-inspired moral obligation to act against evil, twin brothers Conner and Murphy set out to rid Boston of criminals. However, rather than working within the system, these Irish Americans decide to take swift retribution into their own hands.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 247000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: suspense, neo noir, entertaining, independent film, stylized, cult classic, bloody, grindhouse, action packed, dark comedy
Similar in 83%
Man on Fire (2004)
Plot Summary:
Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 383000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Switzerland, UK, USA, Mexico
Duration: 146 min
Plot tags: suspense, tense, brutal, exciting, emotional, psychological, harsh, rough, bloody, tragic ending
Similar in 80%
The Transporter (2002)
Plot Summary:
Former Special Forces officer, Frank Martin will deliver anything to anyone for the right price, and his no-questions-asked policy puts him in high demand. But when he realizes his latest cargo is alive, it sets in motion a dangerous chain of events. The bound and gagged Lai is being smuggled to France by a shady American businessman, and Frank works to save her as his own illegal activities are uncovered by a French detective.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 317000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, stylized, sexy, entertaining, action packed, suspenseful, realistic, fast paced, action thriller
Similar in 84%
Wanted (2008)
Plot Summary:
Doormat Wesley Gibson discovers that his recently murdered father – who Wesley never knew – belonged to a secret guild of assassins. After a leather-clad sexpot drafts Wesley into the society, he hones his innate killing skills and turns avenger.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 404000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Russia
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: exciting, entertaining, action packed, intense, surprise ending, suspenseful, serious, action thriller, bloody, suspense
Similar in 81%
Desperado (1995)
Plot Summary:
A gunslinger is embroiled in a war with a local drug runner.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 195000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 104 min
Plot tags: stylized, grindhouse, action packed, intense, rough, suspenseful, realistic, bloody, cult classic, neo western
Similar in 82%
Hitman (2007)
Plot Summary:
The best-selling videogame, Hitman, roars to life with both barrels blazing in this hardcore action-thriller starring Timothy Olyphant. A genetically engineered assassin with deadly aim, known only as "Agent 47" eliminates strategic targets for a top-secret organization. But when he's double-crossed, the hunter becomes the prey as 47 finds himself in a life-or-death game of international intrigue.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 176000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: France, USA, UK
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, action packed, stylized, fast paced, suspenseful, breathtaking, bloody, realistic, emotional
Similar in 80%
Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 91000
Genere: Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, France, Bulgaria, Germany
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, rough, serious, suspenseful, entertaining, romantic, scenic, perverse, action adventure
Similar in 81%
The Mechanic (2011)
Plot Summary:
Arthur Bishop is a 'mechanic' - an elite assassin with a strict code and unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection and total detachment, and Bishop is the best in the business. But when he is ordered to take out his mentor and close friend Harry, Bishop is anything but detached.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 169000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: clever, stylized, brutal, tense, suspense, action packed, exciting, rough, serious, realistic
Similar in 88%
John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019)
Plot Summary:
John Wick is on the run for two reasons… he’s being hunted for a global $14 million dollar open contract on his life, and for breaking a central rule: taking a life on Continental Hotel grounds. The victim was a member of the High Table who ordered the open contract. John should have already been executed, except the Continental’s manager, Winston, has given him a one-hour grace period before he’s “Excommunicado” – membership revoked, banned from all services and cut off from other members. John uses the service industry to stay alive as he fights and kills his way out of New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 413000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: brutal, exciting, tense, suspense, harsh, action adventure, psychological, intellectual, epic, entertaining
Similar in 86%
The Equalizer (2014)
Plot Summary:
In The Equalizer, Denzel Washington plays McCall, a man who believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when McCall meets Teri (Chloë Grace Moretz), a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can’t stand idly by – he has to help her. Armed with hidden skills that allow him to serve vengeance against anyone who would brutalize the helpless, McCall comes out of his self-imposed retirement and finds his desire for justice reawakened. If someone has a problem, if the odds are stacked against them, if they have nowhere else to turn, McCall will help. He is The Equalizer.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 407000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min
Plot tags: serious, exciting, suspense, brutal, tense, stylized, suspenseful, captivating, action packed, action thriller
Similar in 83%
John Wick (2014)
Plot Summary:
Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 722000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China
Duration: 101 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, neo noir, serious, brutal, entertaining, suspense, action thriller, rough, cult classic
Similar in 88%
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
Plot Summary:
An assassin is shot at the altar by her ruthless employer, Bill and other members of their assassination circle – but 'The Bride' lives to plot her vengeance. Setting out for some payback, she makes a death list and hunts down those who wronged her, saving Bill for last.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 12000000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min
Plot tags: bloody, non-linear, tense, suspense, visually appealing, visual, visually stunning, grindhouse, cult classic, action packed
Similar in 80%
Nobody (2021)
Plot Summary:
Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 312000
Genere: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Japan, China
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, action thriller, funny, entertaining, suspenseful, bloody, slasher, hood, anamorphic
Similar in 87%
John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
Plot Summary:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 498000
Genere: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min
Plot tags: brutal, suspense, bloody, exciting, tense, neo noir, entertaining, realistic, stylized, scenic